Powerlifting/Strongman
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Post up your best lift in here MF.
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Post them up in here and let's see if we can hit them http://www.fitnesspont.hu/mass-shop/picture_gallery/Roger_Estep/Roger_Estep_001.jpg
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Raw or equipped, post up your best squat in here MF.
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Post up your best lift for either your raw or equipped bench, MF.
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i was just watching some deadlift competitions on youtube and i found this video...... i am speechless..
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A quick overview... I'm currently working towards pulling 440lb at my next full powerlifting meet in April.; my longer term goal for this year is to break the New Zealand raw deadlift record for the 130-145lb weight class, 451lb as it currently stands. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35cGtqTRXkU I filmed this video over the weekend, there's an hours worth of deadlifting that's been cut down to a little over 11mins. I talk you through how I work through sets, how to structure your warmups sets in terms of reps and then we get into the bigger weights I finished up on pulling 440lb (a little over 3 x bw) off a couple of 20kg plates ~ next month I drop down to one …
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How much soreness do you all experience after workouts, and how long is the recovery time? Sometimes I am sore for days after a workout, especially if I go hard, and I don't know how to really alleviate it. Do I need to eat more? I feel like days I work out I eat a ton of food, but I am more sore than I have ever been. Or am I just being a baby about it? Any advice or stuff would be appreciated.
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Just wondering what you all eat on training days vs non training days? Do you all take any supplements/protein powders/ or are you solely about food? I tend to eat more carbs on days that I lift, but I ride my bike everywhere so that's not a hard and fast rule. I also try to not eat sweets on non-training days, but I work at a vegan bakery so sometimes that is tough. Any ideas on how many calories you get on training days/non training days?
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The U93kg class is lifting at the moment. Worth a look, my mate Hayden just opened with a 250kg/550lb squat and nailed it! http://goodlift.info/live/onlineside.html The live stream is great, perfect quality and the score sheet is sat right alongside it and updates after each lift
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What do you do to continually improve your strength? Are there any tips or methods that have worked well for you? I'm interested to hear how some of you approach the task of consistently getting stronger, especially those of us that compete in the same weight class. I'm sure that as we get older, more experienced and our strength is already pretty good there has to be something 'extra' that is needed in order for us to get more out of our lifts
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This is something I really need advice on. When you say, "Home gym" most people think of... small, spring-and-pulley systems, promoted on bad TV commercials from the 1990s. What if you want to get set up to really do powerlifting exercises at home? I have the space, and the budget doesn't matter much, because of the time and money I would save in contrast to gym fees. However... It is hard to overcome concerns about putting a hole in the floor (or, indeed, a hole in the ceiling). Has anyone else dealt with this? I realize that it is something that must have its own sub-culture, websites, or youtube channels associated with it --but I haven't seen anything of t…
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So I didn't realise how much people argued over this topic, I assumed from the fact that 5x5 one of the most popular strength training programmes around that this wasn't even an issue. In fact I plan on doing squats and deadlifts in the same day once I've got all my powerlifting gear to my new house, so anyway, what's your opinion on this subject?
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I know Richard isn't vegan, but thought irrespective of that this was worth posting up I watched the live stream of the meet last weekend, it was the CAPO Powerlifting Nationals in Australia. This is what he posted shortly after the meet... "If you do know me, you'd know that I never talk brag or boast about myself EVER! But on this day I feel that I deserve every right to do so for the simple fact that I not only just achieved these things but what makes it even better is I said that this will happen over 10 years ago! This past Sunday August 11 2013 at CAPO National in Hobart Tasmania: •I went 8 for 9 on my lifts •I broke the all time Squat world record fo…
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I've been doing some online research on nutrition and what I have been finding has been less than satisfactory. I am a omnivore, and am looking to improve my knowledge on the plant side of my diet as it pertains to powerlifting. So I come to this community to learn what you guys do, to integrate and refine my own diet to optimize my own performance. So my questions are these: 1) In consuming plant-based proteins, how do vegans typically measure their intake to ensure they are complete? Do people typically mix equal parts incomplete proteins, or favour those food sources richer in BCAAs? 2) Has anyone gone through a significant bulking phase (moved up a weight class or…
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Hello all! I have a history of weakness in my hands and forearms that started about five years ago. I think a combination of long bumpy bike rides with me riding on the brakes and playing aggressive bass in a metal band for many years just continually tore my wrists and forearms down. The end result is that my forearms often tire and give before my target muscles. Today is my rest day and I'm noticing a good amount of pain in my hands left over from the past two days of lifting. I think that the weakness in my hands and forearms is related but not necessarily directly connected in any way, I think it's just two areas that I've tended to abuse in the past. I realize th…
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Did you get a personal trainer? Did you have friends to show you proper technique? Took a class? I really ought to do these exercises, but I can't risk injury. My livelihood depends on it.
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I don't think this is a repeat question, forgive me if it is. I recorded a video of my squat below, but some of you may have some pretty good idea's without watching the video. My knees cave in some while I'm squatting. It's not dramatic, and I've read quite a bit of material on "why" this happens. Even Matt Winning in the "so you think you can squat" video someone posted touches on the subject, but doesn't really say much about ho to fix it. Quite a few people have recommended some accessory band work which I might try, but if anyone here has any good suggestions I'd love to hear them as well.
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I feel like my lifts have stalled; I don't believe I'm getting stronger anymore. Anyone have any tips and tricks to get around this? I've almost completed my 4th cycle of 5/3/1, should I try switching up my workout? I'm thinking about going to a different split for a month, and then start another 5/3/1 cycle. Thoughts? Trying to get the powerlifting talk going again, this part of the board has been silent.
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Hi guys. I've seen a lot of workouts but few of them tell you how much to lift. I was wondering, how would you lift to build strength and muscular endruance? What sort of weight percentage and so on?
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Hey guys, Anyone know where you can get hold of a non-leather belt that is IPF approved so I can use it in a meet? Thanks in advance
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What are you all's thoughts on this program? I'm finishing up my third week of my first cycle, and I really like it so far. Anyone have good results running this?
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Hi, has anyone got any experience of these Inov-8 olympic lifting shoes? Inov-8 are a good vegan brand with a good company ethic and if these are any good I think they'll fill the gap in my olympic lifting shoes hole. http://www.inov-8.com/New/Global/Product-View-Fastlift-335-Black-Red.html?L=27
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To the point: I have trained 2 days in a row so far and want to train today as well as next week is too busy to get much in. Is this stupid? Bare in mind I'm on 5/3/1 have squatted Thursday, mili press fri, and would be deadlifting today. Thoughts? Opinions? I'm under the impression this could be overtraining but as I'm on my first mesocycle it won't be overly heavy and taxing. Thanks in advance
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Hey, I search around some of the Olympic lifting forums some times just to kind of follow the sport as I'm somewhat of a fan even though I don't compete in it myself. Someone at Glenn Pendlay's website back some months ago posed a question about "If the vegan diet is so great, where are all the vegan lifters?" And the thought occurred to me that I don't really know of any competitive Olympic lifters on the national (or above) level. Does anyone know any? I'm not really a believer that vegans should only listen to other vegans on training advice or anything like that, but it is nice to see other vegans tearing the world up sometimes.
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This is the second installment of a series for beginners. The purpose of this article is to give you an idea of what powerlifting is about, as well a general overview of diet, equipment and training. Please bear in mind that everyone has individual responses from diet, training etc, so this article should be taken as collective information rather than 'set in stone' fact This article was was first published on 12th October 2006. It was written by myself and I have directly lifted it (with a few minor changes) from the Pumping Fit website: http://www.pumpingfit.com/the-basics-of-powerlifting/ The Basics Of Powerlifting The fundamental goal of powerlifting is to…
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